ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 2 -- Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group (GCG) has named Michael K. Howard as Vice President, Marketing, for its Digital Printing Solutions (DPS) business. A veteran of more than 20 years in the industry, Howard will lead all marketing efforts for DPS. “Mike Howard’s deep industry experience and leadership will help us develop and market industry leading solutions for our print provider customers. These solutions enable our customers to blend color and black and white digital printing systems in production grade environments. Kodak and its customers are dramatically expanding the digital printing market with these capabilities,” said Venkat Purushotham, General Manager of DPS and Vice President of GCG. “I’m excited to be part of Kodak’s DPS management team, and eager to create more value and awareness for Kodak and its customers,” commented Howard. Howard has more than 20 years of experience in the computing and printing industries. Prior to joining Kodak as a senior vice president, he led Danka Business Systems’ Professional Services business unit for three years. He also served as vice president in product marketing and industry management positions at Xerox for seven years. At Gartner, Inc., he served in a number of senior vice president roles over eight years, including market research management for office and document systems. Howard is a graduate of Princeton University, where he majored in economics.